How Many People Are Named Janean?
An estimated 1,254 people in the United States have the first name Janean. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 55 years old, and Janean peaked in popularity in 1962 with 53 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Janean as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Janean paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,254
About 1 in 273,329 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
55
years old
Peak Year
1962
53 births
Total Registered
1,567
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Janean
Janean is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,567 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Janean as a female name
Ranked #17,913 in 2011
5 female births in 2011
Peak: 1962 (53 births)
Janean: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Janean span from the 1930s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 392 babies were registered. Janean has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Janean by Decade
How has Janean tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Janean by State
Birth registrations for Janean span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Michigan, New York. The lowest are in Utah, Texas, Minnesota. On average, about 16 Janeans were registered per state.
Janean + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Janean as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Janean: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Janean?
We estimate approximately 1,254 people named Janean are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 273,329 Americans share this first name.
Is Janean a common name?
Janean is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,567 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Janean most popular?
Janean reached peak popularity in 1962, when 53 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Janean is approximately 55 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Janean a female name?
Janean is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Janean Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Janean Smith, Janean Johnson, Janean Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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